Updated: 08:59 AM EDTRick James Death Due to Heart Attack, DrugsAPRick James in
2002
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 16) - Rick James, the flamboyant funk musician who died
suddenly in August, had nine drugs in his system including cocaine,
methamphetamine, valium and vicodin, according to a coroner's report on
Thursday.
James, 56, died in his sleep on Aug. 6 in his Los Angeles home of a heart
attack, but the drugs in his system likely contributed to the organ's failure,
the report said.
James, best known for his 1981 hit "Super Freak," suffered from diabetes, had a
pacemaker and had been in fragile health after a stroke in 1998. He had been
hooked on crack cocaine and once proclaimed himself an "icon of drug use and
eroticism."
His family attributed his death to natural causes, but the Los Angeles County
coroner took over the case because James had not seen a doctor in recent weeks.
An autopsy failed to establish the cause and toxicology tests were ordered.


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